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Cabin in the Sky

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Cabin in the Sky (1943)

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Reviews Counted:10

Fresh:8

Rotten:2

Average Rating:6.9/10

Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

Synopsis: Little Joe Jackson is a simple down-home, married man. But he has three uncontrollable weaknesses: he loves shootin' craps, he drinks too much liquor and he's been lusting after sultry Georgia... Little Joe Jackson is a simple down-home, married man. But he has three uncontrollable weaknesses: he loves shootin' craps, he drinks too much liquor and he's been lusting after sultry Georgia Brown, a sexy southern seductress just itchin' to get her hands on him. When he's fatally wounded in a barroom brawl, his gospel-quoting, hopelessly devoted wife Petunia prays by his bedside while Lucifer of Hell and the General of Heaven battle it out for ownership of Little Joe's soul. [More]

Starring: Ethel Waters, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong, Eddie Anderson

Starring: Ethel Waters, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong, Eddie Anderson, Rex Ingram, Kenneth Spencer, Ford L. Washington, John W. Sublett

Director: Vincente Minnelli

Director: Vincente Minnelli
Screenwriter: Joseph Schrank
Producer: Arthur Freed
Composer: Roger Edens

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Jan 10, 2006

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  • Cabin in the Sky
  • Hollywood's first all-black film since The Green Pastures tells the vibrant fable of rascally Little Joe, torn between the love of his good wife Petunia and the wiles of good-time bad girl Georgia Brown...and caught in a tug-of-war between emissaries from the Lord and Satan. How can virtue triumph over evil? Well, as Petunia says, "Sometimes when you fight the devil, you gotta jab him with his own pitchfork."
  • Debuting movie director Vincente Minnelli (An American in Paris, Gigi) and stars Ethel Waters, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington are more than a match for the devil in this musical treasure. With a soundtrack of dazzling standards including Taking a Chance on Love and Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe, Cabin in the Sky is a joyous classic.
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    All-black 1943 musical and moralistic fable.

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    Carol Cling
    Carol Cling
    Las Vegas Review-Journal

    Minnelli's feature directorial debut was MGM's first all-black musical since King Vidor's Hallellujah! a stylized fable boasting great performances from Lena Horne, in her first major role, and Ethel waters, as her nemesis.

    Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment Comment
    06/22/06
    Emanuel Levy
    Emanuel Levy
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    Lustrous, gospel-folklore retelling of Faust

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    Fernando F. Croce
    Fernando F. Croce
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    Vincente Minnelli's enjoyable directorial debut.

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    Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

    Top-notch musical with great performances.

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    Fascinatingly stylized musical.

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    Forget the story -- just relish the stars.

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